Nightjack: former Times lawyer interviewed under caution

Officers from Operation Tuleta interview Alastair Brett

The New Statesman has learned that Alastair Brett, the former legal manager at the Times, has been interviewed under caution by officers from Operation Tuleta, the Scotland Yard investigation into computer hacking.

The interview took place on 11 September by appointment at a London police station. Brett was not arrested.

David Allen Green is legal correspondent of the New Statesman and author of the Jack of Kent blog.

His legal journalism has included popularising the Simon Singh libel case and discrediting the Julian Assange myths about his extradition case. His uncovering of the Nightjack email hack by the Times was described as "masterly analysis" by Lord Justice Leveson.

David is also a solicitor and was successful in the "Twitterjoketrial" appeal at the High Court.